Subject: Washington Examiner: Cruz backer calls Trump 'Hillary Clinton with a penis'
From: "Bennett, Eric" <[email-masked]>
To: Comm_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 09:44:30 -0700

Cruz backer calls Trump 1'Hillary Clinton with a penis'<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2590218/>

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2590218/

By AL WEAVER

A surrogate for Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign said Tuesday that he doesn't believe conservatives are willing to hand over the nomination to Donald Trump, calling him "Hillary Clinton with a penis."

Steve Lonegan, who serves as Cruz's New Jersey chairman, told CNN Tuesday that Cruz will "outperform expectations' Tuesday night in the Indiana primary.

"Ted Cruz will do very well tonight," Lonegan told host Kate Bolduan. "He will outperform expectations like he always does. I don't believe the conservative base of this party is ready to throw everything over to Donald Trump."

"In essence, we're not going to nominate Hillary Clinton with a penis," Lonegan said.

"Steve," Bolduan responded, with the New Jersey politician simply telling her, "I said it."

"Why does this always happen on my show? Why do you guys always throw around the crazy on my show. All I ask for is the delegate count," Bolduan continued. "Barry, you have the permission to do anything as long as you don't repeat Steve. Steve Lonegan is now in timeout."

The comments came hours before the polls are set to close in Indiana, where Trump currently leads by ten points over the Texas senator, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average.

Lonegan, a businessman and past candidate for political office in New Jersey, heads up Cruz's efforts in the state, which votes on June 7 and will hand out all of its 51 delegates to the state's winner.